The Demoncrates must be feeling the need to protect and insure they are vested in their Superior Health Care Program before they get the boot.

Fiorina pulls 43 percent, DeVore 40, and Tom Campbell, whom I’ve never heard of, nets a cool 42, putting all three well within the margin of error against… a three-term incumbent

Imagine how mad Kelsey Grammer must be right now. He didn’t get into the race because he figured there’s no way even an incredibly well-known and wealthy guy like him could win that seat.

Dude.

I question the Muslim Council thing.

Tom Campbell, whom I’ve never heard of, nets a cool 42

He was actually running for Governor before and only just yesterday announced he was switching to the Senate race, so this was a shock for me.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/01/tom-campbell-sw.html

It’ll be much harder to beat her, sure, but given the fine job Democrats have done with California’s economy, voters there should be even more primed than Massachusetts for a Senate shocker.

I’d like to be optimistic but there’s no way to overstate the ignorance and stupidity of the California voters. Especially the illegal ones.

The media here is still unanimous in the opinion that whatever goes wrong is without question the fault of Republicans, even though Republicans have had no real power here for decades. The populace is deeply brainwashed and smug in their liberal viewpoints. It might take a state bankruptcy and several more years of insane politically correct bungling to change some minds.

The best thing about being a California Democrat this year is that I get to vote against Boxer….twice.

Taking her down would be as sweet as taking down Reid, frankly: She’s further left than he is, just as personally nasty,

Better than replacing Reid! This pipsqueak Brooklyn leftist transplant has participated in the ruination of my state’s reputation and economy. She is no leader.

I think Fiorina has the best chance to take her down. Campbell is a long time Bay Area politician, he taught law at Stanford and was elected to Congress representing the south bay.
He ran for the Senate before and lost to Feinstein.

Frankly Boxer will be hard to beat because she mobilizes her SF base well. Who knows maybe my state can do something right for once but I am not holding my breath.

I do plan to give to the primary winner to the extent I can.

I prefer DeVore but neither he nor Fiorina stand a chance at winning the general election. Californians traditionally vote moderate at best. Even in this new climate of anti-hope n’ change, CA Conservative Republicans are a liability.

Not so fast. As a lifetime Californian I would say that in normal times your observation would be accurate – but these are far from normal times. People here as a whole are more PO’d than I’ve ever seen them and the anger is the least partisan I’ve seen as well.

The state is FUBAR and try as they might to blame it on prop 13, or 2/3′s vote for budget approval, or Arnold or whatever, everyone knows that the state is 90% run (state & local) by Democrats. And boy have they blown it.

I think that if Fiorina or DeVore run a good campaign and the Democrats are unable to stem the building anti-Democrat momentum (it is not just anti-Hope-n-Change…). they will have a chance at beating Boxer.

Campbell is a multi-term former Congressman from the Bay Area, was a law professor at Stanford for a time, and ran the Bureau of Competition at the FTC under the Reagan administration. By all measures he is a moderate and I suspect he may have the best overall shot at this Senate seat.

VG

Reason Interviews DeVore

Reason Interviews Campbell

The guy was a Reagan appointee, he’s solid on the water issue, he’s the best candidate. Period.

NTWR on January 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM

The Central valley water / smelt issue will be huge.
If only the political donations of the Central valley farmers could be made public and the country will see how the libs/ dems went after them with a vengeance.
We don’t need to know about the Marin countey farmers, we know who they give money to.

Work Info
Employer:
California State Assembly
Position:
Assemblyman
Time Period:
December 2004 – Present
Location:
Sacramento, CA
Description:
Represent about a half million Californians in the 80 member State Assembly.

Employer:
Army National Guard
Position:
Lieutenant Colonel
Time Period:
February 1983 – April 2007
Description:
Leader of the finest citizen-soldiers in the world.

Employer:
SM&A
Position:
Vice President, Research
Time Period:
1991 – 2004
Location:
Newport Beach, CA
Description:
Aerospace systems engineering, project management and proposal development firm.

Employer:
House of Representatives
Position:
Senior Assistant
Time Period:
1988 – 1990
Location:
Newport Beach, CA
Description:
Aide to Congressman Chris Cox

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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Position:
Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs
Time Period:
1986 – 1988
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Washington, DC
Description:
White House appointee in the Pentagon. Worked to enact President Reagan’s defense and foreign policy initiatives on Capitol Hill.

The guy was a Reagan appointee, he’s solid on the water issue, he’s the best candidate. Period.